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Handwritten poetry collection of Cavafy on one side of sewn sheets, forming a homemade notebook. The other sides of the sheets are blank. The title "1896-1910" on the first page following the blank cover. The collection contains twenty-one poems. The signature "C. P. Cavafy" below the last poem (That Is He). No poem, page or sheet numbering.
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Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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"Voices" >Α79
"Longings" >Α85
"Candles" >Α61
"An Old Man" >Α54
"Prayer" >Α55
"The First Step" >Α62
"Interruption" >Α70
"Thermopylae" >Α19
"Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >Α67
"The Windows" >Α75
"Trojans" >Α87
"Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
"Monotony" >Α98 "Betrayal" >Α78
"The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α58, Α100
"The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
"The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
"King Demetrius" >Α90
The Steps" >Α106
"That Is He" >Α104
"Walls" >Α50
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Poetry collection”. Notebook (homemade), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0196 (1896), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0196.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notebook (homemade)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Betrayal"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Prayer"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Interruption"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "An Old Man"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Longings"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Funeral of Sarpedon"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Thermopylae"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Retinue of Dionysus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Monotony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Waiting for the Barbarians"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Horses of Achilles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Trojans"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Steps"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Che fece… il gran rifiuto"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Windows"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The First Step"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That is He"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Walls"
- Poem (manuscript)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
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Archivist's note
The physical item is missing. Its digital reproduction is made available through the attendant shots of the microfilm made in 1963 by G. P. Savvidis.